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EXPLORATORY SURVEY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does exploratory survey mean?

• EXPLORATORY SURVEY (noun)
The noun EXPLORATORY SURVEY has 1 sense:

1. exploring in order to gain information

Familiarity information: EXPLORATORY SURVEY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EXPLORATORY SURVEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Exploring in order to gain information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

exploratory survey; reconnoitering; reconnoitring; scouting

Context example:

scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous

Hypernyms ("exploratory survey" is a kind of...):

reconnaissance; reconnaissance mission (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy))

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